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beat, including 70 tierces new. the first received, at the latter rate, all for cash. The stock has become much reduced of all descriptions, though old, weavily, continues without the least demand. SPIcEs.--The sales have been confined to small parcels, in cluding Jamaica Pimento at 7 cents ; Sumatra Pepper, 84 cents, both 6 mo n t h s ; an d Cl oves at 29 t o 30 cents , cas h. The stock is now exhausted of Pepper. By auction, 1,665 mats Cassia were sold at 134 cents, 6 months. SPIRITS.—The market remains as before noticed for Brandy, there having been no receipts. Holland Gin also continues without %striation. Jamaica Rum is out of market, and the other descriptions are without change in price. with but a li. mited demand. Of Domestic Whiskey some further small sales have been made at the rates previously stated. SUGARS. —The demand is still limited, and confined entirely to parcels for borne use. Muscovadoes, however, have become rather firmer in price, but Box Sugars are scarcely sustained; the sales also have been very trifling in the latter description, though owing chiefly to the circum'tance of none baying been landed. The transactions include about 100 hhds. Porto Rico at 8 to 8} ; 70. ditto and 125 has. St. Croix, 84 to 8/ 60 hbds. Cuba Muscovado, 8, with some at 8k to 83-; 30 ditto New Orleans, 8 ; 140 bags White Brazil, 10} ; 300 ditto White Batavia, 9 ; and 25 bas. White Havanna, 12 cents, all 4 months. TEAS. —A catalogue, composed of remnants of various im portations, and principally in small packages, was offered by auction on Thursday, and disposed of as follows :-863 pack ages Young Upon, 37 a5l ; 2.338 ditto Hyson, 36 a 48; 355 ditto Gunpowder and imperial, 571 a 60; 275 ditto Hy son Skin, 16 ; 217 ditto Souchong, 32 a 45i; and 35 ditto Pekoe, 27 a - 1,13 dollars per lb., 6 months. The sale was animated, and establishes an advance of fully 2 cents per lb. on all descriptions of Young Hyson; the remaining kinds were also well maintained in price. Torsacco.—At private sale we have heard of no transactions worthy of notice ; prices are firm, with a demand, however, confined principally to small parcels as wanted by the trade. By auction, 69 hhds. Kentucky, sound, 7 a 10,4, the former rate for very common, average 7,83 dollars; 17 ditto unmer chantable, 7 a 101, average 8,09 dollars, terms 2,3, and 4 months ; and 14 ditto sound, 71 a 101. average 9,01 dollars per 100Ibs. cash. EXCIIANGF--For the steamer which leaves to-day there was a fair amount of business in Bills, drawn by the United States Banks on England, at 91 per cent. ; and on France at .5 20 ; on the remaining places the sales were small, es fol. lows :—Holland, 401; Hamburg!), 36 ; and Bremen, 80c. ; the low rale fixed by the Institution above named effectually prevents the exportation of specie to any considerable extent. Sales of Treasury Notes, 6 per cents. were made on Thurs day at per cent. prem. (From the Second Edition of the New York Weekly Herald.) IMPORTANT BY THE MAILS THIS MORNING. NEW YORK, 12 O'CLOCK, OCT. 20.-LlmpOrtant financial intelligence has been received from Mississippi, which will be found annexed. It will be seen that the Mississippi Banks agree to resume specie payments on the Ist of January next. We have no doubt the Banks of all the Southern States will join in the movement. This will entirely restore the credit of those States in Eumpe. By New Orleans slips to the 10th instant, we have the following items of intelligence. The steamer Czar struck a snag on the 2d iust. near the head of Island No. 21, and went down. Boat a total loss. Cargo partly saved. The passen gers, and about thirty horses were taken off by the warners Mediator and Pawnee. The latter met with an accident shortly after, having grounded on a shoal. The Indians west of the Mistissippi are threatening to attack the Texian settlements. By intelligence lately re ceived from Little Rock, Arkansas, we perceive that the United States military officers are taking means to preserve' a strict neutrality, and to-leave the belligerents to settle their quarrels among themselves. Great complaints are making by the Southern ship masters, in consequence of the scarcity of native seamen. An Appren tice Law, to compel each master to take a number of white boys for a term of years, is earnestly recommended as the only remedy for a ;rowing evil. The Mobile Counnercial Mgister says that great quantities of cotton, the staff of commercial life, had lately reached the wharfs at that city, aie boat brought 461 bales and another 301. and both arrived the same day. FURTHER AND IMPORTANT FROM CANADA.—We have just received private inte:ligence from a gentleman arrived this morning from the borders, which is of a character that leads us to expect trouble there next winter. In the Lower Pro vince, numerous bands of the habitcns are continually crossing the border to drill and learn the military exercises on the American soil. The departure of Lord Durham has created great rejoicing among the disaffected. They are secretly engaged in preparing for hostilities next wheel-. There will be trouble on the border sof n. NEW COTTON. —Seven hundred and s'aty-two b new Cotton reached 'Mobile on the I Ith in good order —a much larger quantity was expected daily. The waters of the Black Warrior and the Tombigbee rose eighteen inches on the 9Lh inst. The. Mobile river was in good b iating order. The following are the result of the recent elections MARYLAND —The Loco Fonos have the Governor ; the Whigs have a mijority in the LeEtislature. PENNSYLVANIA.—The Loco Focus have the Governor, by a majority of over 9,000. NEW JERSEY.—The Whigs have the Governor and As sembly ; the LOco Foetus have five out of six me,nbers of Congress. OHIO. —The Loco Focos have the Governor, and a majority of Congressmen. NATCHES, OCT. 8. BRIGHTER PROSPECTS A-HEAD—A DAY FOR THE RESUME , . TION OF SCECIE PAYMENTS FIXED.-We give below the Re solutions of the Presidents of the Barks of this city, from which it will appear that the Natchez Banks have fixed on the first Monday of January next, as a day for the resumption of specie payments. They have also seconded the resolution of the President and Directors of the Union Bank, recommend ing a Convention of the Banks of Alabama, Tennessee, Arkan sas, and Mississippi, to be holden in Vicksburg early in No vember next. We rejoice, heartily rejoice, in the prospect of soon having a currency worthy of Mississippi—a currency that will make us feel proud at home and respected abroad—a currency cre ditable to a State whose wow d product is nearly twenty mil lions of dollars, and that product, too, the very article that regulates the exchanges. At a meeting of the Presidents of the Banks of this city, held at the Planters' Bank on the sth day of October, 1838, the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That the first Monday in January next be recom mended to the Banks of this State, as a suitable day for the resumption of specie payments. Resolved, That the B..nks of this State be invited to send a delegate from each to confer with the B tnks of this city, at a general meetino , to be held on Monday the fifth day of No, vember next, at the city of Vicksburg, for the purpose of deli berating on said recomendation. Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to send a copy of these resolutions to the several Banks of this State, and request their attendance and co-operation at such proposed meeting. Resolved, That the Banks then represented, accept the in vitation of the Mississippi Union Bank, to attend a general convention of the Banks of this State. of Arkansas, Tenessee, and Alabama, at Vicksburg-, on the first Monday in December next, for the purpose of effecting unity and concert in the re sumption of specie payments. ELI MONTGOMERY, Chairman. L. K. INlAnstyaL, Secretary. [Free Trader. ARRIVED THIS DAY. Castoff, Havre, SPOKEN. Roscoe, passed in lat. 49 40, long. 20 25, Sept. 22. Algonquin, from Liverpool for Philadelphia, Oct. 10, lat. 42 51, long. 17 30. Louis Phillippe, 42 ds. MONEY MARKET, &c., OCT. 20. Stocks generally rallied a little yesterday, and a fair busi ness was done, at prices showing a small improvement on the closing rates of the previous day. Amongst the fluctuations, United Statcs Bank went up 1r per cent., as also Delaware and Hudson, and Ohio Life and T. List ; Harlem and Paterson Railroads improved 2, and Utica Railroad 1 per cent. ; Sto nington Railroad further declined 4 per cent., having closed at 404. The Bank of the United States continuing to draw freely on England at 91 per cent. prn., and on France at sf. '2oe. has, of course, prevented any advance on these rates, except perhaps in a few peculiar instances. The sales of Bills on England and France, ior transmission by the Royal William, leaving to-day, have been considerable, all disposition to ship specie baying apparently ceased. The bu , iness transacted on Holland, Hamburg, and Bremen, was more limited, and at previous rates. In domestic exchanges, with the exception of an improvement in Alabama 7unds, no material change has occurred. Alabama money may now be quoted at about 71 per cent. discount, and certificates of deposit at to 1 per cent. under that rate. We understand that a considerable movement in specie amongst some of our Wall-street banks, took place on Ttiurs day, arising from a call on the part of the United Stat:is Bank for the settlement of sundry balances due by them for some months to that institution. The amount of specie called for by the United States Bank, was, we learn, about 600,000 dollars, half of which sum was due by o ne o f our p, incipa l banks. The engagements recently entered into by the United States Bank for the purpose of enabling several of the South Western banking institutions to resume specie payments, is probably the cause of the present requisition for a settlement of balances b y the Bank. SALES ON FRIDAY AT THE STOCK EX (From the Courier and Enquirer.) 50 Shares United St ates Bank s 60. ds. 119. k .... 100 do. Ditto .................................... 8 . .. .... 119;5- 50 do. Ditto 60 do. • Phcenix ................. 50 do. North River .................... B9 77 (1). M ec hanics ...... 105 100 do. Delaware and Hudson Canal ... b. 30 ds. 67 67:} 225 do. Ditto ........... . .................... n. w. 661 25 do. Ditto 25 do. Ditto ....... n w. 66A so do. Ditto 10 66;1- 50 do. Ditto 50 do. Ditto s 60 d 3. 67 '5O do. Ditto 25 do. Ditto 66 25 do. Ditto 664 25 do. Ditto 671 So do. Ditto n. w. 69 150 do. Ditto 67i 50 do. Ditto U. 67 30. t) pitto 100 do. Ditto F. 15 days 67i s 20 days 674 50 do. Ditto 50 do. Ditto 6 71 . 46 do. Dry Dock 100; 50 do. State Bank s 30 days 106 . 50 do. Ditto . 108. 50 do. Vicksburg s9O af. 60 days 76 . 160 do. Ditto 76 . 50 do. Ditto s. 30 days 75. 100 do. Ditto 'a. 60 days 75. 50 do. Ditto s. 15 days 751. 50 do. Ditto s next week 754 30 Planters' Bank, Tenn 50 do. Ohio Trust 215 do. Kentucky 50 do. Ditto b. n. week 86 6 do. Eagle Insurance 50 do. Paterson Railroad Co 53 75 do. Ditto 50 do. Ditto 534 15 do. Boston and Providence .. 1024 16 do. Ditto . 22 do. Harlem Railroad 150 do. Ditto 100 do. Ditto.. 55 544 s. 30 days 54 50 do.. Ditto 10 do. 1 , 1‘...w Jersey 85 do. Stonington Railroad 4O; 20 do. Ditto b. 10 days... 401 15 do. Ditto 25 do. Ditto 35 do. Ditto 4O- A-100 do. Boston and Providence Railroad lOO 25 do. Ditto - 1011 25 do. Morris Canal Co 30 do. Manhattan Fire Insurance Co. 44 do. Eagle llO 35 do. Mohawk Railroad Co. 35 do. Utica ll7 100 do. Boston and Providence ' 6O d 5.... 102 40 do. Ditto 100 do. Illinois b. 60 do lOl 50 do. Farmer's Trust lll BLOCKADE OF MEXICO AND BUENOS AYRES The following correspondence has passed between the New York Chamber of Commerce and the American Secretary of Sate, on the subject of the blockade of Mexico and Buenos Ayres. It %N ill possess interest in England : " New York, Sept. 5, 1838. " To the Hon. John Forsyth, Secretary of State of the United States, " Sir,--Although not doubting that the recent blockades, by French vessels of war, of the eastern ports of Mexico and of Buenos Ayres, have already engaged the attention of the Executive, and produced its prompt and appropriate action, the Chamber of Commerce of the city of New York have felt it their duty, from the large amount of property placed in jeopardy thereby, to re-peetfully- and earnestly urge the adoption, by the Government, of such further measures in relation thereto, as the rights and interests of the country may require... Without presuming to hazard an opinion as to the lega lity of blockades thus instituted, indefinite in duration, and un supported even in the rights incident to a state of warfare, the Chamber do insist that the comity of nations, and the rights and interest of friendly Powers, forbade under any circum stances foe adoption of a measure so doubtful in character, and prejudicing so materially the lawful commerce of innocent third parties, without giving to them timely notice of the pro posed restriction. " The French blockade of Mexican ports in the Gulf has, however, been rigorously enforced against our vessels, sail ing from ports in the United States previous to the receipt, in this country, of its declaration by the cruizers of France; and several American vessels with valuable cargoes, thus circun►- stanced, have been obliged to return to the United States. NV'et are yet to learn the ruinous effects upon our commerce by the blockade of the ports of Buenos Ayres ; and also, if extended thus far (as is greatly to be feared), of the' Mexican ports in the Pacific. They must, how ever, be materially increased by their remote situation, and by the want of suitable markets in the neighbouring states. The Chamber are advised of several vessels, with very valuable cargoes (having left this city previous to any sugges t:on of the blockade of the ports of Mexico) whose cargoes will he placed in jeopardy, and whese voyages will be ruined, if prevented access to their torts of destination. " The Chamber of Commerce, deferring to your better know ledAe and judgment as to the measures most expedient to be telopted, for a reclamation of losses from the Government of France, as well as to alleviate the derangement and interrup tion which our commerce has already experienced, and is fur ther threatened with, will feel obliged by any information the department may think proper to communicate, as to the extent and probable durstion of tie blockade in the Mexican territory, and of the Forts of Buenos Ayres, with a view of enabling the parties interested to give more advised instructions to their agents abroad, in the embarrassing situa tion in which they h-ve been placed. " With high consideration, we are, Yuur obedient servants, " ROBERT LENOX, President, " EDWARD A. B. GRAVES, Secretary." " Department of S;ate, Washington, Oct. 6,1831. " Messrs. Robert Lenox, President, and Eduard A. B Grave=, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York. _ . . . "Gentlemen—Your letter of the sth ult., though in due time received this d,-p,rtment, has thus long remained un a:,swcrcd, owing to the absence of the President, to whom it hid been referred for his consideration. lam now instructed to state to you, that, aware of the great inconvenience which the rest: ictive mea , ure adopted by the French Government in the Gulf of Mexico and in the River Plate wou!d occasion to our commerce, the President had immediately ordered the adoption of all measures which circum stances admitted for the protection of the interests of our citizens ; and that every exertion has hitherto been and still continues to be made, which may contribute to dimi nish the evils arising from the existing state of things. No information has been received of the blockade having been ex tended to the Mexican ports of the Pacific Ocean; and it is taiten for granted that in the event of such a measure being re sorted to, previous notice of the intention will be given_ to this Government. This department is equally unapprised of the probable duration of the existing blockade ; but from the sen sation which its operation appears to have excited throughout the commercial world, and the cfforts understood to be made towards an adjustment of the dispute which gave rise to it, the hope is entertained that it cannot be much longer protracted. " I have the honour, Gentlemen, to be, " With great respect, your obedient servant, ~ (Signed) "A. VA IL, Acting Secretary of State. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Nov. s.—Wind \lr. N. W., moderate.—Arrived, and proceed, d for the River, the Agnes, Duncan, from Havannah ; Atlas, Dunn, from Richebucto. Came down from the River, the Golconda, Bell, for Calcutta; Caroline, Reed, for St. Martha ; John, Jackson, for Sierra Leone ; Arrietta, Lang, for St. Jago da Cuba ; Planter, May, for Sydney ; Caroline, Jones, for Seville. Sailed the Nereid, Martin, for L-ghorn. PorrrsmouTir, Nov. 5. —Wind N. W., fine.—Arrived the Favourite, Roe, from Poole, fur Liverpool, with loss of jib boom and cap, and proceeded for Cowes; Havre et Martiniqu e Maurice, from Havre. Sailed the Montr t al, G r iffi ng, for , New York. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 4 —Wind S.W.—Arrived the Juno steamer, from Cork, with paddles damaged. FALMOUTH, Nov. 4. —Wind W.N.W. to N.W., fresh gales, with violent squalls.—Arrived the Charlotte, Williams, from Fernando Po, for Liverpool—sailed 28th July, very leaky, and with considerable damage: one man washed over. board, and another died on the passage, having experienced very severe weather. LIVERPOOL, Nov. s..—Wind E. S.E. to N. N. E., light. Arrived the Roial William (steamer), from New York, left 20lt ult. ; Colchester, from N,w York ; William Sharpie, from Quebec; El , za, from Sierra Leone; Gipsey, from Bordeaux; P. rilveau, Spear, from St. Petersburg. Off port, the John. from Quebec. SSA the Viana, Napoli, for Myles; Heroine, Scott, for Pernatnbuco ; Pearl, Cove, for Gibraltar ; Dale, Burt in, for New Orleans; Copeland, Sims, fur Canton; Eagle, Barnes, for Leghorn; Plym, D for Constahtinople ; of Go ,d Hop e ; Samuel and Spencer, S, cam-. for the C a p e Saiah, O'Hara, for Trieste ; Clinton, Farmer, for Messina; Snowdrop, for Palermo ; Pilot, Davies, f,r Syra; Tantivy, Ayes, for Z tote; Ebene z"r, Ada , r,s, for Sevill ; Azores picket, for ditto; Brilliant, *Lean, fur Grenada ; Juliana, for the Havannah. TORBAY, Nov. 4.—Arrived the rfreid, Atkin4, Odessa. BRISTOL, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Hunt, Smyrna. LIMERICK, Nov. 4. Arrived Hartlepool, Rose, Quebec. HULL., Nov. 4 .—Arrivcd the Isabella, Volume, from Galli poly ; Transit (steamer), and A fi re, from Hamburgh. Nov. s.—The Hannah Maria, which arrived at this port from Presloe, is leaky, having struck on the inner dousings, and has tirown part et her cargo overboard. Tee B verlac, Laverack, from London to Grove Hill, has been towed in here with loss of mainboom, sails, &c. BOSCaSTLE; Nov. 4.—Th e Vesper, Bellamy, broke from Sinthis image, and t a h n i t s l it imorning,ssupo w se a d s m d u ri s v t ento discharge. high- Rater her r °r mark, ng with LOWESTOFFE, Nov. 5 —The Lima, Blair, got in contact with a vessel last night off Sou:hwold; and sustained consider able damage ; this mmnirg she ran upon the NevvconiLe Sands, but was assisted off in a leaky state. • The Albion, Johnson, from Quebec, Fut into Cork, after being on shore. The Sarah, Hall, bound to London, sunk near the Gunfleet sand the 3d instant; crew Saved. The Thames, Bell, arrived in the Clyde—spoke the Eden, of Sunderland, for Miramichi, the 13th ult., in lat. 55. long. 46. ; and Isabella, Parker, from Newcastle to Pictou. The William Waters, from Havannah to London, was spoken with the 29th September, in lat. 33. long. 81, with loss of bulwarks and 7 feet water in the hold; she was asisted at the dump by the crew of the Ruby, M ilcolm, arrived at Bchton. The Eliza of Bridgewater, timber laden, has been towed into Pitt dismasted and abandoned. The Canada, Young, from St. Petersburgh to London, was on shore near the Seine, previous to the 30th ult.-,-.crew saved. The Orpheus, Bland, from St. Petersburgh to Amsterdam, is wrecked on the coast of Jutland. w The Fortuna, Bacchus, from Dublin to Stralsund, was P eac h, from Demerara to Charleston, was recited on Doggerbank, 16th ult.—crew saved. , dismasted and leaky. abandoned Clara, from Sunderland to Rostock, was abandoned at The .ara, te sea, 30th ult., is a rivkiN,loa TheNHatt°sr%, 30th Sept. THE SUN, LONDON, TtTr'SDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1838. THE 7,°.4AVY. CO URT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday her Majesty rode out on horseback-in the Park for a short time. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kcnt drove to Ken sington. This Morning the Queen attended Divine Service at St. George's Chapel. Her Majesty was attended in the Royal closet by Baroness Lehzcn, Lady Mary Stopford, Lady Bar ham, Lady T. Digby, the Hon. Miss Cocks, the Hon Miss Cavendish, Lord Surrey, Lord Byron, Mr. Rich, Mr. Digby, Lord and Lady Howard de Walden, and Viscount Palmerston. The service was Travers in F ; the sanctus and responses, Joirelli ; the anthem, In the beginning," followed by " The Heavens are tellings." from Hadyn's oratorio of "The Crea tion." Tie Rev. J. Gore read the service, and the Hun. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor and the Rev. W. Musgrave officiated at the altar. The sermon was from the 13th chapter of Hebrews, part of the sth and 6th verses. Mr. Elvey, Mus. Bac., presided at the organ. The following personages arrived yesterday and continue their visit:—Lord and Lady. Howard de Walden, the Duke of Argy 11, and x'iscount Palmerston. This afternoon, the Queen, attended by her Royal visitors and her suite, walked on the Terrace. .The military bands were in attendance. WINIISOR, MONDAY. —Her Majesty held a Pr . vy Council at two o'clock this afternoon. It was attended by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Chincellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Commander of the Forces. onColonial matters were submit ted to het...Majesty in Council and were approved of. Dr. Lushington, Judge of the Admiralty Court, was, by command of the Queen. sworn of her Majest)'s most Honour able Privy Council, and took his place at the Board. The Hon. William Bathurst %Nes the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Court was attended by Lady Barham, Lady in Wait ing ; Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting. ; the Earl of Surrey, Tressu er of the Household ; and Mr. Rich, M. P., Groom in Waiting. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Marquis Conyng ham came from town to attend the Council; the Earl of Albe marle and Lord Hill arrived from their respective residences, and had also the honour of joining the Royal dinner party last evening at Windsor Castle. At three o'clock the Queen rode outon horseback, attended by Baroness Lehzen, Lady Barham, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Conyngham, Lord Byron, Lord Surr-y, Mr. Rich, Mr. Digby, and the Hon. Col. Cavendish. Lord and Lady Howard de Walden took their departure. The following - personages arrived to-day, and vbill have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party this evening : Lord Albemarle, Mr. Spring Rice, Lady Surrey, Lord Cci, nyngham, Lord Hill, and Mr. Bathurst. MONDAY.—The. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge bad a small dinner party on Saturday at their residence at Kew. Lord Howard de Walden transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign Office. Lord Palmerston visited the Chancellor of the Excbequcr on Saturday at his house in Downing-street. The Iristr Secretary, Mr. Drummond, transacted business on Saturday at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Office in Downing-street. Toe Hanoverian, Prussian, Turkish, and Russian Ambassa dors trai.sacted business on Saturday at the Foreign Depart ment. General Alava, the Spanish Minister, transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign Office. Despatches were forwarded on Saturday from Downing_ street for Lord Melbourne at Windsor. Despatches, dated the 16th of July. overe received on Satur. day at the India Board from Lord Auckland, the Governor. General of Despatches, dated the 24th of October, were received on Saturday at the Foreign Department from Sir George V►l liers, the British Ambassador at Madrid. Despatches were forwarded on Saturday from the Colon;a' Department for Lord Glenelg, at Leamington. Despatches were seat off on Saturday evening from the Cc. lenial Office for Sir A. Woodford, Lieutenant-Governor ci Gibraltar. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from Major-General Middlemore, Governor of St. Helena. TUESDA Y— Lord Howard de Walden transacted business yesterday at the Fureign Department. The Chanc:•llor of the Exchequer transacted business yes terday at Lord Melbourne's office. The American, Russian, Turkish and French Ambassadors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. A deputation, headed by Sir Edward Corlrington, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Office. Despatches were forwarded ‘esterday from Downing•street for Lord Melbourne and !fold Palmerston, at Windsor ; wto for LGrd Glenelg, at Leamington. D , spatches, deted the 27th ult , were receives yesterday at the Foreign Department from Sir George Villiers, the British Ambassador at Madrid. Despatches nere fo•warded yesterday from the Foreign Deprrtment for Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Constantin,ple. Despatches, dated the 6th of July., were received yesterday at the India Board from the Officer adminis'vring her Majeaty's Government at the Presidency of B,)rnbay. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr, and Mrs. CrMilton, at the Sackville Hotel, Sackville_ street, from Lincolnshire; Mr. John Barton and family, at ditto, from Manchester; Sir Charles Blunt, Bart., M. P., at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square, from Heath tidd Park ; G. Bust, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; Major Alacfarlin, at ditto, from Tunbridge ; C Coote, Esq., at ditto. • DEPARTURES. Thos. Clutterbuck, Esq., and family, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville-street, for 133 th ; Mr. and Mrs. Williams t:nd son, from ditto, for Liverpool;. Captain Jones, from ditto, fur Reading; Mrs. Mortimer and sons, from ditto, for St. Albans. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES Sir,--Every friend of the Navy, and well wisher to his country, must view with pleasure your exertions to draw the attention of the public to the increasing maritime force of other nations, and to the ccmparative decrease of ours. I read with great interest your article of the 10th of Sep tember, in which I quite agree with you, as well as with what you have stated in yesterday's Times, and it is much to be regretted that there should have appeared in a French Government Paper an article that could almost .be con strued into an insult. Should such a confederacy ever take place against this country as you describe, and take place it will, sooner or later, I tremble for the consequences ; and if something is not done, and that speedily, to increase our naval strength,"England will cease to be the queen of the Kean, and her very existence as a nation will be endan gered. It is not, however, just, Sir, to throw the whole blame on Lord Minto ; you ought to go further back. During the long administration of Lord Melville, the only w i, e thing his Board ever did was cutting down several bad 74's into rod frigates. Not one step worth mentioning was taken for the encouragement of seamen to enter the Navy, or towards a perm an ent system of manning it with out having recourse to impressment. Sir James Graham at once got rid of the Navy Board and their system, and began building real good ships, which Lord Minto has followed up ; but it is not in Ships alone that our safety depends. It is on officers and men ; and, unless we increase our force, and adopt a permanent sys tem of manning our fleet, we shall neither have one or the other. Three•and-twenty years ago I recommended the regis tration of seamen in a pamphlet I addressed to Lord Mel ville, which was only put in force the other day. I t h as already done some good ; but it does not .go far enough, and the present Admiralty do not seem disposed to carry it further. In fact, Sir, Boards of Admiralty go by coach, when all the world are going by railroad. I quite agree with you, Sir and the Journal des Debats, that Algiers is a naval question, and will be settled sooner or later by fleets ; but it was under the Administration of the Duke of Wellington that Algiers was occupied by the French, and I trust the present Government will take care that they do not play the same game with Mexico. The eastern question began in the Administration of the Duke of Wellington; he allowed the Missians to cross the Balkan, and the present Ministers allowed a Russian fleet to be called in to the assistance of the Sultan. One seems to me to be as much to blame as the other. The observations of the Duke of Wellington about the state of the Navy is most true ; but his Grace ought to remember that Sir Robert Peel reduced it 1,000 men, and the present Administration have increased it 5,000. The aspect of affairs I admit are changed. We are threatened with war in India ; are not quite at our ease in Canada ; France blockades Buenos Ayres, and Mexico ; and Russia is ready to pounce on Turkey. The season is now too far advanced to have any alarm from the Russian fleet in the Baltic ; but • I do think, if Government do not manage to have at least ten sail of the line ready for sea in England next spring, they do not deserve to be intrusted with the affairs of the country. I shall not' cover myself under an anonymous signature ; it is quite indifferent to me whether what I have written displeases Whig, Tory, Radical, or economist ; the safet) and honour of the country ought not to be a party ques tion.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES NAPIER, R.N. Murchistoun•hall, Hem Dean, Nov. 2. TIIE LATE MR. LOCKLEY. TO THE EDITOI? F THE TIMES. Sir,—l have been appealed to in such terms as I cannot resist, to give some account of the circumstances attend ing the death of Mr. Lockley. Here is the unvarnished tale:— Mr. Lock!ey had been unwell in the spring of the year, but had recovered in the summer. Behexing that a change of air and of scene might do him good, I invited him to accompaoy me in my next visit into Leicestershire, and we set out the following morning, the 2d of October. We proceeded to Euston-square, where he had a fall ; but he assured me repeatedly, in .t nswer to my urgent question whether he were ill, or had fallen by mere accident, that it was merely an accident. Wh-n %le had passed Waterford Mr. Lockley became sick, and soon afterwards fell asleep, breathed oppres sively, and did not answer my questions. In this state, when we arrived at Tring, I took him out of the carriage, and carried him into the parlour of the inspector of that station, a most humane person, who sent off instantly, by my desire, to Mr. Dewsbury, of Tring, a medical practi tioner of much credit and business there, desiti ,, o• him to come, or to send his assistant immediately to I\l7r. - Leek-, ley's aid. I gave directions what should be done, and re quested further that Mr. 11,,,,bury, when he bad bled Mr. Lockley, would send a message to London to apprise his family of the misfortune, and to request Dr. Lockley, his son, to come down immediately. Having given these precise directions, I felt that I could not be of a n y further use at present, and therefore pursued my journey. Mr. Dewsbury executed all my wihes within an hour, and Dr. Lockley arrived at ten o'clock th e same evening. I should have been ready to return the next day ; but after Mr. Dewsbury's first visit Mr. Lockley had the daily assistance of friends from London, and Dr. W at. son gave his sanction to his patient's removal to London on the 6th, which I learned by a letter from Mrs; Lockley the following day, informing me that he had accomplished the journey without inconvenience and was thought better. If I could have administered, instead of directing only, th e expedients of our - alt to my friend, I should have done so, but, feeling assured that I had provided Mr. Dewsbury' s or his assistant's immediate attention, twent on ; and my conscience does not reproach me with the slightest neglect of my friend, who died, not that evening:, as has been erroneously stated, but on the 14th of October, 12 days after his first seizure, in the bosom of his family in Halfmoon-streat. I am, Sir, much your servant, Curzon-street, Nov. 5. HENRY HALF° RD. T iIEATRE.S. OLYMPIC. Mr. Oxcnford's new burletta, the Idol's .Birthday, was playel l.ere last night for the first time, and was successful. The plot is very simple. Cl ar i n d a (M r s. Nisbett), the Idol, is a young lady of large fortune and great beauty, flattered and fooled by the attenti on s o f L or d F r ippery, Messrs. Bragg, Acid, Crambo, &c., and rescued from their mercen ar y court ship and dangerous delusions by the interference of 11 1 r. Down. right, her cousin, who is in love with her, in spite of her follies, her caprice, and coquetry. He feigns a plan by which her suitors are deceived in thinking she has lost her riches, their advances cool to the fr eez i ng point, and they begin to ridicule and despise her whom an hour before they worshipped as an idol. The whole junta refer their courtship to Prudence (Mrs. Franks), whom they supp o se the rich heiress. Down right exposes their hollow conduct, Clarinda reproaches their shallow pretences, marries the man who has brought her to her senses, and promises no more to be influenced by such worshippers. This burl , tta is well played, and put on the stage in a manner that is highly to the credit of the manage ment. It was well received. ADELPHL A new p;ece, Louise de Lignarolles, or a LeSsen for Husbands, from the pen of Miss Pardoe, the novolist, was brought out at this house heist night. The pk t is thus : Henry de Lignarolles ( Mr. J. Webster) is the husband of Louie (Mrs. Yates), with whom he lives in domestic h a ppi. ness till he becomes enamoured of the Count , ss de Givry Mrs. Honey), who is married to a husband ( Mr. Yates) whom she Cespises. The Count is a veteran soldier of high courage and great reputation. Louise detects the amour of her husband, but on his promise of amendment, forgives him. the Cout.te..s's honour remains unimpeached, and iii the eyes of the world all passes well. A twelvemonth is understood to elapse between the second and third acts. Is the third act it is apparent that ll , ,nry de Lignarolles has broken his promise to his too credulous wife. He has renewed his amour with the Countess. She flies to him for protection from the in dignation of her husband, who has discovered her dis honour,. lie conceals h er i n a room of his chateau, during the absence of his wile. His wife returns, con fiding in the word of her husband, and has no notion that the Countess is in the castle. In the meantime the Count, accompanied by the (Sneers of justice, arrives in search of his wife. He reproaches Henry' de Lig narolles with his conduct, and, in answer to his offer to afford him the iistril satisfaction on such occasions, iejects his offer, and resolves to put in force the power of the law to work his vengeance. Louise entreats an his explanation ; it arrives too desperation Henry con!esses his guilt to house. H,-nry affirms that she is not; there is no way to th c e n i c a e s a tr l U d me i n n tal t i h ty e soon. The Count insi u st n s pe t r li c a e t we.d wb.uiftebyis pified with . horror and surprise. At her; f ff e r t c ; t she hh Louise.ee is for ol e tr p i ah r ts u i departure s u length she consents to aid the flight of tier rival. Here an ex cellent scene is brought on the stage, and t h e acting of Mrs. Yates is admirable. The Countess escapes; Louise throws herself in Count to spare the family t he disho nour and, ruin of a law protection from a worthless husband. Her father ..° the arms of her fath e r ( Mr. 0 . law suit. He obtains his mercy. Henr y d e Rignarolles, th e s lave Smith),ad implores ! cl a ims the of contending passions, endeavours to ex cite t h e Count to single combat. The news arriv es that his vietim (the Countess) has lost her senses; the Count can no longer re.. strain his feelings; exasperated to madness, h e se i zes a p i sto l, received heard, and rushes forth, f o llowe e d ris b i y ied h . is enemy. Ts piece Shots w a s are th a. r d ou th g e ho g u u t il u t i y ith manhaapprobation.perished. It was followed by a new bur lesque burletta, 7heLions fur a Lark in which the bipeds and quadrupeds of a rival establishment were turned into ridi cule. The trifle is of little value, but excited a hearty laugh. A great quantity of corn is still standing on the elevated situations of this county, which is in a great measure spoile-d by ea rly frost....Staiderlond iferald, CHANGES Lord Hatherton, at Teddesley Park, from Wolverhampton ; Mr. Lowther, M. P., on a visit to the Lord Mayor of York, from the seat of Sir John Lowther, Swillington Hall; Col. Sir Henry and Lady Pynn, at Paris, from a tour; the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and suite, from Paris, for Nice; the Countess Annesley and Mr. Moore, at Gresham-terrace, Kingstown, from Douard, King's County; Lord Bandon,frorn Castle Bernard, for Cork; the Marquis Cholmondeley, at Cholmondeley Castle, near Nantwich, from Chester; Earl Grosvenor, at Motcombe House, Dorset, from Devizes; the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Price Blackwood, on a visit to Sir James and Lady Graham, at. Netherby Hall, Cumberland, from a visiting tour; the Lord Bishop of Dromore. Mrs. and the Misses Saurin, on a visit to the Archbishop of Armagh, at the palace at Armagh; Sir Robert and Lady Peel, on a visit to the Duke of Newcastle, at Chamber Park, from Drayton Manor; Mr. Evans, M. P., at Allestree Hall, from Chester field, Derbyshire ; Lnrd Burghersh, at Paris, from Florence ; Mr. and Lady Louisa de Horsey, from Cowes, Isle of Wight, on a tour ; Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, from Newstead Abbey, Notts, for Melbourne Lodge, near Esher. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster in tend leaving Halkyn Castle for Eaton Hall in the course of the present week. The Marquis of Tweeddale joined the Marchioness at Kimbolton Castle in the preceding week. His Lordship came direct. from Yester House, in Scotland. The Marquis of Breadalbane is ‘ expected to leave Scotland in the course of next week to join the Marchioness at Brighton. The Earl and Countess Grosvenor are expected to join the party at Eaton Hall next week. The Earl and Countess of Biadford and the Lldies Bridgman have arrived at Weston Hall, in Staffordshire, from a tour. Lord Derby's health continues slowly to improve. His Lordship is still obliged to be carried to his pony phaeton or garden chair, not having recovered the use of his side or arm. —Leeds Intelligence,. Lord Hill arrived at Kemp House, in Belgrave square, on Saturday last, from a tour. Lord and Lady Holland landed at D ,ver from Ca lais Saturday last, and arrived at Holland House, Kensing.. ton, on Sur:day. Lord Emlyn arrived on Thursday last at the seat of the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, in Wales. to take leave, previous to his departure with the Duke and Duchess of Buc cleugh for the Continent. Lady Francis Egerton, before It.aving Worsley Ha], distributed winter clothing to upwards 350 poor individuals in the neighbourhood. Lord Barham has invited the whole of his upper class of tenants, three hundred in number, to dine with him at Exton, for whom a most sumptuous banquet is preparing._ Lincobishire Chronicle. Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, according to the last accounts received from them, were about to leave the Lake of Como for Naples. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left Drayton Manor on Thursday for Clumber Park, Notts, the seat of the Duke of Newcastle. Operations have commenced for the repair of the carriage-Way, leading"from the Horse Guards to St. James's park, and the gates arc in consequence closed against horses and vehicles. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marq u i s of Worcester, and Lady Augusta Somerset are expected to arrive at Beaufort House, in Arlington-street, on the inst. from Paris. The Earl of Chesterfield is expected in town to-day from Newmarket. Lord Suffield arrived yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel from Newmarket. Lord Sydney has arrived at his seat, Frognal, in K‘..nt• Lord Archibald Seymour will leave town this day for Melton Mowbray. Lord George tientinck arrived at Harcourt House, Cavendish -square, yesterday, from Newmarket, The Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, which connects the Wcardale Coalfield with the " Stockton and Darlington" and the " Clarence" Railways, is in rapid progress; the land is purchased, the contracts are all let, and several of the contractors are at work, This will be a-" loco motile line, as the g.ldos Hill, intead of being passed .over by an inclined plane, will be pierced by a tunnel three quatteri of a mile in l e ngth. —Sunderland Htrald. 1 His Excellency Count Worcnzow, Governor-Ge neral of New Russia, on Saturday last honoured the Naw Public Subscription Library, Al xandrian Institution,• Old Bind street, with his presence and patronage, the proprietor,. Mr. Smallwood, having been formerly the Librarian of his Ex cellency's extensive libraries in Russia. We regret to learn that Mr. Cutlat. Fergusson, Judge-Advocate-General, M. P. for Kirkcudbright, is lying dangerously ill at his apartments at the Hotel Trochet. At the inquest hdd on the bodies of the sufferers at the late Tarnworth fire, the Jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental death." _ . The Russians not being allowed to trade with the Chinese by sea, obtain their . teas in caravans by land ; and this turns out to be of a superior quality by reason of its passing through a dry country instead of being subject:2d to the heat of a tropical ocean. No less than 1,973 towns in the United Kingdom have their penny posts, which convey letters in some places tc the distance of 38 miles. On Saturday last the bodies of a young woman, named Knight, and her child, were found in a large pond at Sandwich. The unhappy creature had been siAuced by a young man, who had promised her marriage, but he having refused to fulfil his pledge, she lashed the infant to her bosom and committed suicide. The Emperor and Empress of Austria arrived at Vienna on the 26th ult., mid were received at . the gates of the city by the magistrates, who delivered au► address of congratu lation, and by a large body of the people, who accompanied them to their Palace with - loyal aect.,mations. The Prince and Princess of Capua intend removing this day into the spacious mansion in llelgrave-square lately occupied by Mr. Pascoe Grenfell. His Ilginicss has taken it for three years. • THE LATE LADY JOHN RUSSELL, BARONESS RIBBLESDALE.—The intermeut of this distinguished lady will take place at the family mausoleum of the Duke of Bedterd, at Chenie s , in Buckinghamshire, of which place the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, his Grace's fourth son, is rector. The mournful ceremony will be attended by the Marquises of Abercorn and Tavistock, and all the male members of the Rus , ell family at present in England. The attentions of the Duke and Duchess of Bedferd to the deceased lady were Un remitting. Their Graces wi 1 remain iu Brighton until after the funeral, which will take place, it is expected, un Satutelay neit. The lion. Miss Lister, Maid of Honour to the Queen, on leaving the Castle, where her period of witting had ex pired, received a letter from Lotd John Russell acquainting her with the dangerous situation of her sister, she proceeded post to Brighton, but her Ladyship had expired some hours before her arrival. We understand that her Majesty bad graciously signified her intention of standing sponsor to the infant daughter of Lord John Russell, and that she should bear the Royal name. of Victoria. Lord Ribblesdale, who has been in delicate health, is at school at Brighton. GRAND PEDESTRIAN MATCH FOR 1001.. ASIDE. —The match between Drinkwater, the celebrated Yorkshire runner, and Mountjoy, the lamplighter, to pick up 300 stones, each at a yard apart, came off yesterday, on Lord's Cricket ground, amidst a numerous assemblage of the Sporting fra ernity. One o'clock was the time appointed for starting; but in consequence of a shower of rain falling at that time the men were not brought to the spot until ten minutes to two o'clock. Both were dressed in flannel jackets and trousers, and wore high-low shoes. The men appeared to be each in excellent condition ; but, from the well-known lasting qualities of the Yorkshireman, the betting, from the commencement, was seven to four (with takers) in favour of Drinkwater, who, notwithstanding the heaviness of the ground, arising from the previous rains, accomplished the herculean task at 25 minutes after four, at which time Mountjoy, who appeared very much distress-'d, bed still 28 of his nearest stones untouched. The distance which . Drinkweter covered was computed at rather more than twenty-two m:les. POST-OFFICE ARRA NGEMENTS.—We understand that on Thursday next, the Bth inst., the London mail will arrive at the Lancaster Post-office at half past eleven, a.m.. and that the letters will be ready fur delivery half an hour after the arrival of the mail. Front the north the mail will arrive at a quarter past two, p.m. The Carlisle mail will pass through Lancaster for Manchester, &c., at eleven o'clock, p.m., instead cf twelse, p.m. ; the Manchester mail, on its road to Carlisle, will pass through the town at two o'clock, a.m., instead of ten, p.m. his expected that a second Lon , don mail will shortly be despatched by the Carlisle night mail but nothing certain is known upon this point. These arrangements e consequent upon the opening of the North Union Rail way; and as soon as they take effect, Lancaster will cease to tie a sorting-place, 'as heretofore, and the mail will only stay to change horses. We have now an uninterrupted line of rair way from Preston to London; and in two year's we have rea son to hope that the last link in the chain of communication with the metropolis 'will be completed. The North Uvion Railway was opened on Wednesday last. Lancaster Guardian. THE MAILS.—We have much pleasure in learning that the post-office are about to give to Scotland the t enefit of a morning mail from London. This will be ,a real advantage, to Montrose, and other places similarly eircurse-tanced. The mail which presently leaves London at eiLtht p.m. will, on and after the 9th current, arrive in Edinburgh a little after four of the second morning, and be despatched north at five a.m. through' Fife. It will thus reach Montrose befors two, and, Aberdeen by six o'clock in the evening. The other, or new mail, bringing the Morning Papers,&c. from London, is to leave Edinburgh for the North, at eight o'clock, p.m. via Queeusferry and Perth—reaching Montrose about six next morning, and Aberde.:n before ten. There is no further rc ce!eration of the mails expected for two years. --Montrose Review. Don Miguel, of Portugal, and the Prince Borghese had a quarrel lately at Rome. Don Miguel sent a challenge to the Prince; but tie Prince replied that he could not fight with a min who lived on the charity of the Pope. The Duke of Newcastle and the Ladies Pelham Clinton have arrived at Clurnbcr Park, Notts, from Hafod, near Aberystwith, and are receiving company. The Earl and Countess of Manvers, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Miss Peel, and Mr. and Mrs. Gaily Knight are among the Noble Duke's guests. His Grace gave a sumptuous entertainment on Friday last to upwards of fifty indiViduals of rank. The eruption of Mount Etna, as we learn by a letter from Naples, continues with great violence. It appears to have attained its height on September 29, but a severer burst came forth at 6 in the scorning of • the 30th, and excited great alarm ; it appears, however, that no serious consequences have ensued. Vesuvius is perfectly quiet. PUBLIC MEETING IN CORK.—On Monday last there was a public meeting of the citizens of Cork for the establishment there of a Precursor Society. It was held in the Victoria Theatre ; William Crawford, Esq., took the chair. The Southern Reporter alludes to the meeting in the following terms :—" As we had anticipated, the public meet ing was cred table to the well-known public spirit of the citi zens of Cork. The Vittoria Theatre was crowded to excess in all parts. As was well observed by Mr. Beamish and Mr. Dowden, the body of the house was filled by the more comfort able classes of tradespeople and mechanics, who attended fcr the purpose of testifying their readiness to support Mr. O'Connell in the great project he is about to unfold for establishing a universal registration of the opinions of the people, on the political subjects which now agitate this coun try. •We are glad to find, from the sentiments expressed by all the speakers, that there exists a strong anxiety to support the pre , ent Government, in the full confi dence that their intentions towards this country are up right and sincere ; at the same time that there prevails, if we may judge from the purport of the second resolution which was adopted, a very general feeling that the Ministry, by taking a more decided position, and, " by avoiding all col lision with the more advanced opinions of the people," would have better succeeded in giving pract . cal effect to the leading and distinctive principle of their Government, which is justice to Ireland. The citizens of C,rk have thus nobly done their duty. They have put in motion a machinery which, through the instrumentality of parish Committees, will swell the roll of Precursors in this city to at least ten thousand members. The meeting yesterday will have another good effect; it will call into action the patrio:ic spirit of the country. We know of several districts that are waiting the impulse from the .city to join the general movement. That impulse has been given, and we shall look with cwifi deuce for Precursor Meetings over the whole county. Let the South of Ireland, always eniulous of maintaining an ad vanced position in the battle for political and religious liberty, press forward now. Its example will be followed by the whole kingdom, and the united effort cannot be resisted." _ DEMONSTRATION MEETINGS.—Our space isin sufficient to report even a tithe of the Radical demonstration meetings, that are held almost &fly. in every part of Etiglaud and Scotland. F. r thin reason, we must content ourselves with a bare record of the fact, that at Norwich, last ,Monday (as well as in a hundred other plo.ces), the working Oases met for getting up a demonstration in favour of the People's Char ter. Of one of the speakers at this meeting, . Stephens, the Norwich Mercury says, " He was the great orator of the day. He has, we understand, been a preacher in the Metho dist connection, but has been suspended in consequence of his choosing to mix himself with political meetings. It is. but justice to say he is very eloquent, fluent in speech, earnest in his deliv•Ty, and his style is adapted to excite the fiercest pas sions of his auditors." THE UN I TIES I hope you have preserved the unities, Sir," said Mr. Curdle. " The original piece is a French one," said Nicholas. " There is abundance of inci dent, sprightly dialogue, strongly-marked characters—" " All unavailing without a strict observance of the unities, Sir," re. turned Mr. Curdle. " The unities of the drama before everything." " Might I ask you," said Nicholas, hesitating between the respect he ought to assume, and his love of the whimsical, " might I ask you what the nnities are ?" Mr. Curdle coughed and considered. " The unities, Sir," he said, " are a completeness—a kind of universal dove- tailed ness with regard to place and time—a sort of ,a general one ness, if I may b, allowed to use so strong an expression. j take those to be the dramatic unities, so far as I have been enable d to bestow attention upon them, and I have read much upon the subject, and thought much. I find , running through the performances of this child , " said M r . Curdle, turning to t h e phenomenon, " a unity of feeling, a breadth, a light and shade, a warmth of colouring , a tone , a harmony, a glow, an artistical development of original conceptions, which I look " Perfectly," replied Nich o l as . for in vain among older performers—l don't kno w w h et h er I ni:lke myself understood ?" Just so," said Mr. Curdle, pulling up his neckcl o th, " That is my definition of the unities 01 the drama."—Nicho= , is Nicithgv,for November. LeRD DURHAM'S TRUNg• " The trunk of the ely , p! , ant, which the ba-bariaan„,ce osegdil empliq IZ ed to frighten the irtnur, AraiiiAssad-r, never c great a sensation ill political world as the aPPeh'an ail ew Lord Durharrei trunk ut the Costom-housa. It t Downing-street inw alarm."— Morning Herald of thi4 DaY. ----mss--- Lord Durham's trunk's arrived ! The news Makes Whiggery tremble in her shoes ; No more with footsteps light and fleet Shr, treads the halls of Downing.street , Thinking how pleasant 'tis—(Hear, hear) — To draw the blunt four times a year; But paces sullen, to and fro, Black as the devil or a crow, Or some poor wretch unwisely ;lived, " Murmuring, " Lord Durham's trunk's arrived! " Lord Durham's trunk's arrived I Oh Woe , Was ever such an ugly blow - Struck at—alas, the cruel day ! Our placeq, and what's worse, our pay ?"-- Thus quoth Spring Rice in dismal tones, While Hobhouse cries with kindled moans, Sal as the night-wind's o'er a heath— " That cursed trunk will 13.. s our death! " Adieu henceforth to all the hopes " We built on Daniel's flittering tropes, " To Normaiiby's arch powers of banter, " And Melbourne's Windsor Forst canter, " With Majesty and 'Ma beside him— " He's fairly done, for, woe betide him, " And woe betide us all, short-lived " Our reign—Lord Durham's trunk's arrived ri Oh, if our Ministers thuA funk At the bare thcueit of Durham's trunk, What will they do. these men of fears, When grim Lord Durham's self appears ? FINE ARTS. THE CARD PLAYERS. Hodgson and Graves: London, 1838. • t o This is an engraving by Lewis, from an orig.nal P i T ri o .e. in the possession of the Duchess of Gloucester, bY It is executed, with great spirit, and with a more tht t ie, dinary attention to details. The broad masses of 5 , 1 " 1 - 0( 1 too, which have just the proper depth. show great skij t ' it ing . judgment on the part of the engraver, for there is harsh or clumsy about them. The story•—fer paintings are the best possible stories of English and ot jJ tish homely, domestic life—is simple, and may be are in a few words. A party of English labourers by amusing themselves, after the labours of the 61 ;ot a sociable game at cards, in the kitchen of a„ro-bel cleanly cottege. The players are four in 1:1, and they are so adroitly grouped round the der„ d table, as to set off each figure to the greatest anv"ldt Behind the chair of one of them, who is apPar entli ctO most inexperienced hand at cards of the set, stana s ; 0 0 fidential adviser, who is leaning forward, with 1 115 s e ig i' resting on the back of the chair, examining th e ' r P b : cards, and medidating profoundly on the chanc e ', sr game ; biting his nails the while, as me" to do, when musing on matters, to them, Otriotbli tous import. The figure of this individual is aufl ; 3- 0 111( defined. It is easy and natural, and exhibits s'et,se powers of close observation. The player, tr y no r t r ; is turned towards the spectator, is not less clevv•-•nf P trayed, possessing all th& literalness, without nnYh:a coarseness, of the Flemish school. With 0 00 "i j' e 111. holds the cards, while with the other be is scratchsbe bead—a proof that, like Othello, he is " perpleseuht: gye t 4 extreme." His dress is richly characteristic. e on a shabby white hat, pinched in at the sidesi e „-ss" jacket which has given way beneath the slionl"_„er;"1111 whose age is better calculated to -inspire revere;ool admiration ; and a pair of corduroy shorts, of ver; b jor A indefinite fit, and emb ashed with a s quare P at , i e wor below the braces, indicating—as Beau Brumtner say,—" premeditated poverty." Nearly opPositeresce picturesquely accoutred player, sits his partnere' °cod: elderly man, who should have been the husband 0' "o th" Lamb's Mrs. Battle, for his soul seems absorbed lase' game. From the thoughtful expression of h is cOOOlOOOll we fear be holds a bad hand. Next him Si" li g e °c ll so countryman, with a night -tap on his head, wh° it dently got the best. of the game, for he is pointing.," iyit4 air of justifiable exultation to the tricks whic h el : to beside his partner. The numerous details of , e oveo even to the most trilling point—the side-tavo 1 1 0' s helve s n ol with salad-dishes and beer-flagons • the high with crockery ; the short, black, rusty gaiters hung u r i .hlo peg in the wall ; the be an d shaggy sheep-dog sleeplg nd o n ld oaken arm-chair ; and the saucepans , kettles, a il tb ol tableownortkbeediluoporinunldv,iirkiaesmos; Care 7 so j ,. various nciiiu/ke are observant style. A cleverer picture , regarded even engraving, has notappeared this season. this pie reti LITERATURE• WILD SPORTS ...0„ OF THE WEST. Bentley, London, 1838. lila ° This is a republication, in one cheap and comPa c -oe ll ' of a most amusing' work from the pen of Mr. Al' ths which appeared some few years ago, descriptive p ° or ti l , scenery, customs, field sports, &c., of the weste r ".,, o 3c ~ of Ireland, the majority of whose inhabitants--e eve' least who live among the wilds of Connemara-'eot vc now in a state little short of barbarism. The P res r al cer d lume, which by the bye, is illustrated with sl ee ,: to od e i elegant wood-cuts, forms the first of " BentleYs,":4ellssi, w L h ib o r s a e r o y bi o e f et, P i . t ip s u e la m r s, M is o t d o ern Literature" --e Inj %ic; library of rare entertainmen p t re i rical memoirs, popular biography, voyages a nd i t t r ell tzl 'og s n en ti t le at de a p a n gll d e e n r c 9 oPf e ls b , l ;; We think this idea an excellent one, and very ' 1 " . e ke" i n tbe 8 successful, provided only.clue care is shown of materials. O' 0 4 PICTORIAL EDITION OF SHAX S PART I. id C. Knight, London, 1838. t o tea n t a i lajO hi f We have looked over this Part with some have been greatly pleased with the judglale at It p lato, s l i , taking visible throughout it. It consists of ( lea wie " Two Gentlemen of Verona," which is introulla Arl o neatly-written notice on the state of the test , , B l 3 t ice . ° o 6 logy of the drama. Besides this, we have illu B , l ', f- e ach " e s° embracing a vast variety of matter, attached w t bee tors' by ar t e he al and displaying quite as much research as hasl e ,,,, c atil t ' o o hi Extracts bited m so os g t iv d e i n lig i e ro n m t of m a S n h ya k o s f p t e h a e re b ' e s s e t e c °l o l, o o g i s o n' b e i r eb e the " Two Gentlemen of Verona," foremost ae 3° , the Pf i it are those of Coleridge and Hazlitt. Judging fr ° , l i ,i bidl iv s• sent specimen of the work, we should say till"' ' l , e 'er:pil to be the completest edition we have, of ShaksP,eft,,bed, ' The wood-cuts are numerous and admirably lip' the print distinct and elegant. laffi A 0 1 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND A R C 1 so JOURNAL. _Hooper. . d i e m dr This is an excellent scientific monthly Pe r n . l° 9 ll o ,l 3 , ° , well worthy of being extensively circulated alo ° , n r c l (Dr,. Is° vote any portion of their time to architectural P n a OP , ing pursuits. Most of the articles are illustrate _ and engravings. THE ORCHARD, PART X V i' —' .00 int' b Orr and Co. au tot ' This very useful publication, to all who to,,,k e *lO o r I, in head gardener to his Majesty the King of the, i p l iii, e ; v itV Claremont. It is handsomely printed, bee tz :4 s ce ' t ' fished, and sold at a price so moderate, as tZ„'" t. . ass ing the re ac h of th e humblest gardener's lP-13 9 0 ----T---------:-------- r ole ° o it DO V E R.—Lord Brougham daily e njoys a P s eio ° 0 Th e via and views the interesting objects of Dover. . 9 fes p fe, this place is rather on the decline several fami' w All•' 1 40 1 ; this week ; among them that of , R. Bernal, gsVg the sill Rochester, after a sojourn of three m onths. 1 t°1 44 11 , 111 1, 4 , / tors still staying are the Earl and Countess . ant Ltd family, Lord Boyne, Sir• Arth el s till via' /14 1 Lady Barham, Lord g of , o r Paget and family, Sir Wnand Lady Follet. Brougham and da u h I. e ford and family were ttocrleaveThWaEldaerrlsliare on the ~ifero a ti the winter, sh,uld Lord North, their eldest son , I ,i,' e he pr,' co ce recovered from his late accident b scaldinff. po w, °l o ci,' Countess of Sandwich left town olYSaturdAY'f.T..fici ale they cross the water to Cal ' '•cd to Palm-- bIY WS, proceed Arse to Italy.— Kent Paper. 1 Ass- pit On Monday, the sth instant, a Gene ra d oy ° f fil l :; of the Academicians was held at the Royal Al s gossi e e in Trafalgar-square, when Mr. William Ch ar e vi ere g David Roberts, and Mr. Richard Westmacntt, 19f , ~.,. r e Associates of that Institution. QT ATP: s ett , ARGUMENT FOR A FUTURE ,"" Ar Cbl : t ig c a e Nichol concludes his remarkable work on " l be a c heerto 11 : a n ' d 1 1 °` sa" of the Heavens" with . . the followrig s ublime an S o al • flec ' tion :—" This at least is established on gre pbe 0 4 removed. In the vast heavens, as vvell as mold el s e around us, all things are in a state of Change and P o pit i there, too—on the sky—in splendid hietegl be ing sl id is inscribed, that the grandest forms of pros'in .. " co pe. ~e 0 0 ; germs swelling and bursting with a life. '",_ d , c ao.r e sl? r , the universal fabric is thus fixed and constit.u.rd by t ! _ r 0, gine that aught which it contains is unoPe ibility, re.6‘,l°,,,biele, preserving law, that a nnihilation is a Vsa advancing elab4 B e d r tual—the stoppage of the career of any ,_ t f a ll, _ d, , hospitable Infinitude remains ? No ! wet ' , L g . :J o c osy ef er/. pares a dawn when man's weariness will ruiro an 0 01 his soul be refreshed and restored. To c:__ orallio, o no , to -- e a il I li creature these. are words of hope spoken in at u ,h our hearts suggest them and the stars rer .ejo i c in# through the infi..ite aspiration, wings its waY ' s' eagle follows the PI)."